German 23rd Infantry Division

The German 23rd Infantry Division was a division of the German Wehrmacht that existed from 1 October 1934 to 14 September 1942 and from 23 October 1942 to 8 May 1945. The division relied on horse-drawn wagons for mobility, and the division fought in the invasion of Poland in 1939. The original division became the 26th Panzer Division in July 1942, but it was reformed in October 1942 from elements of two panzergrenadier regiments. The division ended the war in East Prussia when Hans Schirmer surrendered to the Soviet Red Army.